REVELLI ~ U of Mich Band: College Clarinetists Gone Wild! William D. Revelli ~ Weber Concerto

[DougMcDave]

HOLY CRAP THAT SEXTUPLET PART!!!!!!!!! I can't play that this well!!!!!! SMOKIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!! I attempted this piece without this kind of success. This is insane! Surely they must've have found professional jobs after this!!!!

[Hugh0166]

As a fairly decent clarinetist, I tried to play this---not so much. Back

in the sixties I heard the UM band at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The first clarinet section played this and absolutely blew me away! Only thing about that concert I remember as maybe being more amazing was the girl who played the oboe solos on Italian in Algiers. Incredible!!!! That was the best band concert I ever heard. I still remember it. What an marvelous, marvelous band! Bravo!!! Bravo!!!

[maestrojimbo]

@Hugh0166 If you are a facebook member you can join my REVELLI AND HIS BANDS group and hear the many recordings I have posted there.

[patrickburnsmusic]

Absolutely FANtastic.

[MrJIMBOB57]

Thanks for posting this!

[Sinsr240]

As a former member of the Michigan Symphony Band under Dr. Revelli, I remember him telling us that Eugene Gonzalez was responsible for rehearsing the six first clarinetists playing this piece. We were 100 persons strong when I played under Revelli -- men and women. The first clarinet section always numbered six.

[maestrojimbo]

@Sinsr240

When we went on tour Revelli listened to every member of the band (scarry!) and eliminated some because of the expense.

BTW - I had a strong "Twilight Zone"dream about Revelli recently. In the dream he reminded me that 2011 will be the 50th anniversary of the tour. I wonder if anything is being planned for that (like a release of some of the Leningrad and Moscow concerts? Something to hope for!

[bookcase4]

@maestrojimbo They are having a 50th anniversary reunion of the tour band next weekend in Ann Arbor.

[bmcgar]

This is the ENTIRE clarinet section, as stated on the original LP cover, not just the 1st clarinets.

[maestrojimbo]

@bmcgar

Not! There are actually only six clarinetists here. One is a friend of mine. She said that they hardly ever rehearsed it! The record info is exaggereated - presumably to sell records. The cover also states that there were "100 MEN STRONG" in the band which is also wrong - there were less than 90 and included many women. Don't believe everything you read.

[Jaip234]

@maestrojimbo You sound like a buzz kill.I mean...it makes the piece sound so much better when you hear that the members actually practiced instead of "we hardly rehearsed it"

[maestrojimbo]

@Jaip234 Huh? You aren't making any sense. Want to rephrase your comment?

[maestrojimbo]

@Jaip234 Did you bother to listen to it,? Does it SOUND under-rehearsed. Go by what you HEAR not what you SEE!

[travel2165]

I listed to this performance (on a U-M Symphony Band LP) over and over in the 1960s. Now where is that recording? Thanks so much for posting it.

[maestrojimbo]

I have posted others from that recording plus live concerts. Search for U of M Symphony Band and you'll see them. Thanks for watching!

[maestrojimbo]

The CD is available on ebay . through Doz Ozga

[Glenmed]

Superb music - superb musicians!!

[maestrojimbo]

Thanks for the correction.

JG

[nmraskin]

COOL! Very toneful and in-tune section. (BTW - This is from the 2nd Concerto)